Highest Degree:
Sc.D. from Harvard University in 1979

Other Credentials:
Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Ethics and Public Policy, Wesleyan University, 1980-81

Visiting Professor at Universities of Toronto and Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 1988-89

Teaching interests:
gerontology, health promotion with older adults and community and public health

Research interests:
health promotion with older adults, interdisciplinary health care teams and education, ethical issues in geriatric care, comparative geriatric health care policy and narrative gerontology

Other scholarly and/or creative work:
Grant-funded training, research, and demonstration projects with support from National Institute on Aging (NIH), US Administration on Aging, US

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Rhode Island Foundation

Outreach/Extension/Service:
Extensive partnerships with Rhode Island Departments of Health; Elderly Affairs; and Mental Health, Retardation, and Hospitals; and Aging 2000 in the development of health promotion programs, family support projects, intervention evaluation, and statewide policy and program design

Professional Roles:
Director, URI Program in Gerontology

Director, RI Geriatric Education Center

Member of Editorial Board, Educational Gerontology

Member, Executive Council, National Association of Geriatric Education Centers

Member, Geriatric Education Committee, Association for Gerontology in Higher Education

Member, Humanities and Arts Committee, Gerontological Society of America

Member, Executive Committee, Social Research, Policy, and Practice Section, Gerontological Society of America

Selected Publications (1995 to present):
Clark, P. G. (in press). Narrative gerontology in clinical practice: Current applications and future prospects. In G. Kenyon, P. Clark, & B. de Vries (Eds.), Narrative gerontology: Theory, research, and practice. New York: Springer.

Clark, P. G., & Drinka, T. J. K. (in press). Negotiating responsibility and accountability for team performance. In M. Mezey & C. Cassel (Eds.), An ethics casebook for geriatric health care teams. Baltimore: John Hopins University Press.

Drinka, T. J. K., & Clark, P. G. (2000). Health care teamwork: Interdisciplinary practice and teaching. Westport, CT: Auburn House.

Clark, P. G., & Susa, C. B. (2000). Promoting personal, familial, and organizational change through futures planning. In M. Janicki & E. Ansello (Eds.), Community supports for seniors with lifelong disabilities (pp.121-136). Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing.

Clark, P. G. (1997). Values in health care professional socialization: Implications for geriatric education in interdisciplinary teamwork. The Gerontologist, 37, 441-451.

Clark, P. G. (1996). Communication between provider and patient: Values, biography, and empowerment in clinical practice. Ageing and Society, 16, 747-774

Links:
URI Program in Gerontology
RI Geriatric Education Center